mangonel

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Martin, stones for the mangonel Nor was the assault long delayed.

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  1. noun A military engine used during the Middle Ages for hurling stones and other missiles.

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  • Go, therefore, Gaston, and call half a dozen of the men, to bring each of them the heaviest stone they can find from that heap I saw prepared for a mangonel in the court-yard Oh, excellent!" —  The Lances of Lynwood
  • Martin, stones for the mangonel Nor was the assault long delayed. —  The Lances of Lynwood
  • The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle. —  The White Company
  • Martin, stones for the mangonel! " —  The Lances of Lynwood
  • "Ply crossbow and mangonel," said de Lacy. —  The Betrothed
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mangonellus, diminutive of Late Latin manganum, catapult, from Greek manganon, war machine.

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  1. Also manganel; from Middle English mangonel, manganel, mangunel, magnel, magnal, from Old French mangonel, mangoneal, French mangonneau = Provencal manganel=Italian manganella, from Middle Latin mangonellus, a mangonel, diminutive of mangonum, mangona, an engine for throwing stones: see mangle.
 

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